/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kawaii

So, saying kawaii is now valid english.

How does this make you feel?

[Anonymous No.]

> even in a cosmopolitan city like Tokyo, kawaii is everywhere
I am going to hunt down and destroy every person who uses it like this.

[Anonymous No.]

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/kawaii-japanese-for-everyday-life/

Now all you shut-ins can refer to yourselfs as hikikomori without fear of becoming a weeaboo!

[wtH !!geIKdOh6/lP No.]

lol it makes me feel like answering it on /fs/ as HELL xD

[Anonymous No.]

>>8149149
> Of course, most people associate Japanese with martial arts
RACIST AS FUCK.

[Anonymous No.]

>How does this make you feel?

Pretty kawaii

[Anonymous No.]

she paints elephants that are extremely kawaii

[Anonymous No.]

>>8149149
But hikkikomori actually has a solid definition.

[Anonymous No.]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Pokemon?region=us
Okay, that's it. Oxford are just trying to push out larger volumes so they can earn more money.

Guess I'll switch to Chambers.

[Anonymous No.]

KHAHW-WHAH-HIIIH

If you don't pronounce it like that, you don't know shit about anything.

[Anonymous No.]

Citing a dictionary as the deciding factor on whether something is "valid" or not in a living language (especially one with as many regional and cultural variations as English) shows a level of ignorance not often seen on this board.

[Anonymous No.]

Eh, it's a start.
I'd rather everyone just spoke Japanese all the time.

[Anonymous No.]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/arse+bandit

[Anonymous No.]

>>8149199
Why? Lojban or something would be better.

[Anonymous No.]

who KAWAII here?

[Anonymous No.]

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/otaku

>(in Japan) a young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills

Really? So when I'm 40, I can't be an otaku?

[Anonymous No.]

Pretty sugoi.